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Cord blood DNA methylation signatures associated with preeclampsia are enriched for cardiovascular pathways: insights from the VDAART trial.
Hanna M Knihtilä et al. EBioMedicine 2023 11 104890 (Posted Nov 29, 2023 9AM)

From the abstract: "Preeclampsia has been associated with maternal epigenetic changes, in particular DNA methylation changes in the placenta. It has been suggested that preeclampsia could also cause DNA methylation changes in the neonate. We examined DNA methylation in relation to gene expression in the cord blood of offspring born to mothers with preeclampsia. This study included 128 mother-child pairs who participated in the Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART), where assessment of preeclampsia served as secondary outcome. We found that preeclampsia is related to differential cord blood DNA methylation signatures of cardiovascular pathways, including the apelin signaling pathway. "

UK first to approve CRISPR treatment for diseases: what you need to know
C Wong. Nature. November 16, 2023 (Posted Nov 17, 2023 8AM)

From the article: "In a world first, the UK medicines regulator has approved a therapy that uses CRISPR gene editing as a treatment for diseases. The decision marks another high point for a biotechnology that has regularly been lauded as revolutionary in the decade since its discovery. The therapy will treat the blood conditions sickle-cell disease and ß-thalassaemia. Sickle-cell disease, also known as sickle-cell anaemia, can cause debilitating pain, and people with ß-thalassaemia can require regular blood transfusion. "

Prioritizing the Exposome to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Burden.
Erica S Spatz et al. JAMA Cardiol 2023 11 (Posted Nov 14, 2023 1PM)

From the paper: "There is an imperative to address the exposome in efforts to advance health equity, requiring a combination of research and action. In focusing on environmental exposures that are not only measurable but modifiable (eg, reducing street temperatures by increasing green spaces and planting trees that give shade), there is an opportunity to derive the direct benefits (eg, fewer cardiac arrests and strokes, higher well-being) while addressing societal disparities and racism (eg, prioritizing minoritized communities that have been failed by discriminatory investments in landscape and housing) "

First trial of 'base editing' in humans lowers cholesterol - but raises safety concerns.
Miryam Naddaf et al. Nature 2023 11 (Posted Nov 14, 2023 9AM)

From the paper: "The first trial in humans of the precise gene-editing technique known as base editing has shown promising results for keeping cholesterol levels in check in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. The approach injects into people a treatment called VERVE-101, which permanently deactivates a gene in the liver called PCSK9. That gene controls the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or ‘bad’ cholesterol — a key contributor to heart disease. But the findings have also drawn criticism. Two serious adverse events in the trial, including a death, have raised safety concerns. "


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HLBS-PopOmics is an online, continuously updated, searchable database of published scientific literature, CDC and NIH resources, and other materials that address the translation of genomic and other precision health discoveries into improved health care and prevention related to Heart and Vascular Diseases(H), Lung Diseases(L), Blood Diseases(B), and Sleep Disorders(S)...more

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Mensah GA, Yu W, Barfield WL, Clyne M, Engelgau MM, Khoury MJ. HLBS-PopOmics: an online knowledge base to accelerate dissemination and implementation of research advances in population genomics to reduce the burden of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Genet Med. 2018 Sep 10. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0118-1

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